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  • 12-01-2018
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Find the half-life (in hours) of a radioactive substance that is reduced by 25 percent in 100 hours.

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  • 25-01-2018
The half-life of a certain substance is the time by which its amount decreases to half of the original amount. By the given above,
   
    0.25A = A(1/2)^(100/h)

where h is the half-life. Simplifying,
 
     0.25 = 0.5^(100/h)

The value of h from the equation is 50 years. 
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